August 2013
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
2h 46m
English
book
“I Have a Dream”: A 50th Year Testament to the March that Changed America
by Bob Adelman, Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Dr. Charles Steele, Damien Conners, Dr. Rodney Sampson
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Fifty Years Later: A Look at Today
By Dr. Rodney Sampson
If Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been asked if he believed America would elect a black president in 2008, he might not have answered yes. Then again, his dream was a very powerful one. He might have seen that as possible.
Could this have happened without the effects of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act being felt? Unlikely.
In spite of clear gains through the years, there is still a long ways to go and much for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to help accomplish. Consider the state of America for African Americans 50 years after the march.
According to the U.S. Labor Department, the unemployment for African Americans fell substantially in January of 2013 to ...